A Wedge Ruler is a wonderfull thing

 Few weeks ago I had a class at Peter's with the wedge ruler. One of the girls made 2 table runners & the rest of the class made cushions. Large floor cushions.
 They were all lovely. I think all the cushions would very nice in my house.

 We had one lady that was in Emerald for a few weeks work, that popped in to join the class. She had never done anything like this before.
She made the mistake of showing her family the stunning cushion she made & now she has orders for a lot more.

Hip Hip Hooray.... I have finely finished Terri's 21th quilt. Boy!!!! What a bloody long job that was, I didn't think I was ever going to get to the end of the quilting.
Terri had a very quick look  & then it was all packed up to be sent of to the QLD Quilt show. I will show you a better photo once I get it back (or when Terri finely receives  it)

I had a lovely surprise in the mail. My wonderful friend Lorraine send me her doillies.  She said  she made some & some were made by Lorraine's mum. That makes them extra special.
 Just have to think of something creative to made with them now.

On Sunday Bev drove Evol, Sally, & I out to Barcaldine to the "Infinite Horizons"  Exhibition of red & white quilts. It was a great display, If you get a chance to see it, make sure you go. They will be on show at the QLD quilt show.

 Evol busy reading the story for each quilt.
The Barcaldine Lady's always put on a stunning show, lots to eat & even more to see. Plus its great to catch up with evey one

 One of the quilts Bev, Evol & I made. We sure got a surprise when we saw the quilt hanging. What... I don't believe it, look again. Yes, we had forgotten to quilt 5 of the triangles.
Well, what could you do but laugh, after we picked our self up from the shock that is.( Still can't believe we done that)

Fun with Templates

 I have just done a class at Petter Taylor's Sewing Centre with templates. The first one was "splice". It looks lovely made up in striped  fabric. The second one was "Sunburst" I really like this template, I have 3 blocks made. I hope to make it up into a quilt.

 Blocks made in the class. The ladies had fun matching up the stripes.

 The Drunkards Path was also a class at Peters. This is a 12"block, so it goes together fast. Peter was selling the pre-cut kits at the shop. I have the boarders on and it makes a good size quilt.

  Spring is in the air. Most of the plants are flowering. The garden looks really good when a few things start to flower and show a bit of colour.

 Orchid look stunning and the flowers last for weeks

 The Geese have been sitting on there nest for the last month. We have 3 ladies and 1 man. Last week the grey geese had 2 cute little goslings hatch. They were so cute to watch. You had to keep a eye on dad, he didn't like us any were near them.
We had to go away for a week and while we were away the white geese had 10 baby's arrive. We now have 16 geese.     Boy!!!!   
But dad has disappeared. Hopefully he has just gone down to the river for a spell.

 Walking home through the truck stop I took this photo. I like all the lines. Great inspiration for a quilt.

  The scraps from the quilt I just made. I didn't waist or leave much behind .
All white, cream and grey.

  A little peek at the quilt I made.
This quilt is for Nat. He was in my heart the whole time I was working on this quilt.

I wonder were August went

 It has just been pointed out to me by my dear friend Bev, that it has been over 5 weeks since I have up dated my blog. Sorry.  
 But I have been a little busy. Time just seems to get away from you.
Finaly finished a quilt to put in the QLD quilt show. Black & white 9 patch.

 August Bev & I had been busy doing the markets with the last of the shop stock. All done & dusted now, got rid of the lot. It sure felt great to see the end of that project. Winter morning, up early & off to the markets is not always fun.

 Megan & her new car.  She was suppose to do the jump in the air, like the Toyota adds but she just wouldn't play the game.

Mum arrived for a holiday in the middle of August. Its always great to have Mum come for a holiday. I didn't get much done in the sewing line but we sure did a lots of gardening. Everything this looking lovely. Been a long time since I have been out in the garden working. (Patch Working was taking up all my time) Plus we done lots of talking over cups of tea.
For the last 2 winters mum has been working on a knitted / crochet scarf for me. Its made up of lots off little bit of knitting or crochet. A lot like a crazy patch. Its stunning.

  You stitch all the little bits together to make the desired shape then sew flowers & bits & bobs on top of it.
                                      Few of the flowers & bits to be sewn on

  Finished back view. The shawl is made from all hand spun and hand dyed wool. And before you ask, yes mum did most of the spinning her self.

  Mum showing off her work. Can't wait to wear my new shawl now. The weather has changed and gotten pretty warm so I may have to wait until next year.

  I just had to throw this picture in. This is one of the plates of food you receive when you have High Tea at Blossoms.
This is what I work with now, no wonder I cant stay on my diet.
The food is just as yummy as it looks.

 Better go. I have my 2nd quilt for the QLD quilt show sitting on the machine waitng to be finished.

Weekend at the beach

 The last few weeks have been really busy. I have been away or had a house full of visitors. So not much sewing got done. Lots of talking and eating (diet sure flew out the window) 
I did get to catch up on my mystery quilt, patiently waiting for the next step. For this quilt I'm very pleased with my self because I have used mostly older fabrics from my stash.

 Megan was raiding the cupboard again. This time she is making a cover for her new ipad. She is getting pretty clever with the things she is making. Hopefully a patchworker in the making.

I had a lovely weekend at the beach catching up with friends. Pity about the weather, it rained the whole time. It was Daphs birthday so we all went to Yeppoon to celebrate with her. We haven't been together for a few years. It was great to catch up. We had lots to talk about plus lots of stunning quilts for show & tell.

 Sylvia had the best show & tell. This lady has the most gorgeous quilts. All the ones she had to show us were all hand appliqued. Absolutely stunning, not a stitch out of place. I really do love Sylvia's work. You don't get to see it very often. She quietly works at home by her self & then one day she will surprise you with one of her master pieces.'

  Sylvia gives most of the treasures away to her family (wouldn't it be lovely to be in Sylvia's family)

 Helen with her show & tell. Helen has been busy making kids quilts.

  Lovely beach view from our motel room. It poured all weekend.

                                   Helen, Andrae, Daph & Sylvia.    Thanks for a great weekend Lady's

Just as I arrived home from Yeppoon I got a wonderful surprise with more visitors.
Sally and her sister Anna arrived for a few days. It was great to see them. When Sally & Pat left on there travels, she left me a big bag of velour fabric that I was supposed to make in to a coat for her. But it was pushed to the back of the list all the time. (sorry Sal)
One lazy day, Still in our PJ's at 10 we pulled the bag out & Sally started to put the coat together. I had to go of to work at 12 so Sally had a busy afternoon piecing all the bits. By time time I got home she had most of it done, just the lining to go.

  All finished and ready of the chilly winter weather ahead. Great coat from a bag of scraps.

Have a quilt on the machine ready to start quilting, so I had better go and get busy or another week will slip by with out any thing done.

Week at Sydney

 Megan & I had a week in Sydney with family. It was great to catch up with every one, my mum came up from Baan Baa to join us. We had the first few days with my cousin Dice & her family.
One day we had a trip to the mountains. It was cool, wet, & foggy. Even though it was so cold we still had a lovely day out. Not much sight seeing but lots of wonderful shops to check out.

 Found this lovely warm coffee shop to stop at for smoko. We all ordered Flower Pot scones. They were scrumptious.

 This is the curtion to the change room in a little boutiqu we found. It was made from lots of old fadrics, dollies, lace & fringing.

  The last few days of our holiday we went in to my Aunt Pam's. She lives in the city so it was very close to Dariling Hardour.
 Did I say that the Quilt Show was on while we were there? Of course I had to have a day there.
Not allowed to take photos so I can't show you anything. I had a very fast look around all the shops & stalls. First stop was Material Obsession to pick up Kathy's new book "Making Quilts...the promise of joy"  also had to stock up on a few copys for friends. The rest of the time I was looking at the quilts. So many fantastic quilts. I realy liked the Judy Hooworth display. Loved all the colour. It was too hard to pick a favourite, but they were all realy nice.


Pam took us to King Street shopping . It was full of second hand, antique, retro, & trendry shops. We had a great time (pity we were flying home, a ute would of been handy) Found a wonderful button shop with lots of ideas for the use of buttons besides putting them on your clothes.

A lot of the older shops had these lovely tiles at the entrance to the shops.

 Mum, Pam & I heading in to the city. It was cool & wet in Sydney for the whole of our holiday, the sun come out the day we had to fly home. We still had a great time.



Back home for a few days & then it was of to Springsure for my last class.  This class was a Quilt- as-you-go Table Runner
I had 5 do the class & the rest finished off what they had started in previous classes.
It is sad that it has all come to a end, I realy enjoyed teaching & catching up with the ladys at Springsure. They were a lot of fun & I got a lot of inspiration from the classes as well. 

                 Most of the lady's were doing the table runner

  Dale was working on a big quilt. She had 3 or 4 ways to put it together, this is the one she is going to go with. We all liked it best. It is a great way to use up a lot of your scraps.

 I have been busy doing some patching for myself, just put the boarders on Terri's quilt. It is ready to pin out & quilt. (To go in the pile with the other 4 I have to quilt) Also work on the Mystery I started with Laurene, only one more step to go. Will be exciting to see the end result.
I had better sign off  & go do a bit more sewing bye.

21st Quilt on the way

 I Have finely made my way back to Terri's quilt. It's been a while, last week I started the applique. Still a little more to do and then I can start the stitching. Lot of work ahead. Kay (Terri's mum) saw it up on the design wall and she gave it the thumbs up.

I had the week end at Dalby teaching my "Circle Play"class. I had a wonderful week end even though it was cold & wet. Met lots of lovely lady's.
The class was held up stairs at Anthony's fabric shop. If you are ever in Dalby, make sure you pop in to say hello to Lorna and Tina.

                                          Our first day, all every busy

  Second day the quilts are all starting to come together.

  It's not snakes & ladders ----- It's rings & snakes

                                            Flying circles

These are a few of the quilts started in the workshop. All the lady's done great work, I can't wait to see them all finished.

 Well I'm of to pack my bags again. This time I'm going to Sydney for the week. Yes, I will be going to the Darling Harbour Quilt Show. Can't wait to see all the quilts on display & check out all the lovely shops.